Orange-parer.



F. G. MOWER. ORANGE PARER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1908.

Patented Nov. 14,1911.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1908.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

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F. G. MOWER.

ORANGE PARER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1908.

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F. G. MOWER.

ORANGE PARER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1908.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

4 SHEETSSHEET 4. 37 5 31 52 y f v 7 FRED G. MOWER,- or ANT-RIM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR T0 ooonnnr. COMPANY. or ANTRIM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A CORPORATION on NEW HAMPSHIRE.

OBA'NGE-PARER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flled september 24, 1908. Serial No. 454,565.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, FRED G. Mownn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Antrim, county of Hillsboro, State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement.

in Orange-Parers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to machines for paring oranges and it, has for its object to provide a novel machine which can be used by extract makers in paring a comparatively thin peeling from the orange so that the oils of the orange peel are made available for producing the orange extract.

Some of the various features of the invention relate to the manner in which the orange is held during the paring operation, the construction of the knife for paring the orange, and the mechanism for operating the knife and returning it to its initial position, all as will be more fully hereinafter described and then pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings wherein one embodiment of my invention is shown, Figure 1 is a front view thereof; Fig. 2 is an end view looking from the right Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View showing the manner in which the orange is held and the manner in which the knife operates thereon; Fig. 4 is a section on the line mm, Fig. 1 looking toward the right; Fig. 5 is a section on the line y- I Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a section on the line 0:a, Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a section through the knife on the line bb,

- Fig. 3; Fig. 8 is a detail view of the throwout cam; Fig. 9 is a detail of the bearing for supporting the shaft 13; Fig. 10 is a section on the line cc Fig. 1.

The frame which supports the paring knife and orange holder is designated by 3 and it may have any suitable or usual construction. In the preferred embodiment of my invention the frame is provided at its loweredge with means for clamping it to the edge of a table 4 which means are so constructed that when the machine is in position it inclines upwardly and forwardly from the table so that the knife 5 overhangs the edge of the table and is situated some distance in front thereof, as best'seen in Fig. 2. The advantage of this construction is that a' suitable receptacle for receiving the parings can be placed directly beneath the knife and the parings will drop into it as they are cut from the orange.

The means for clamping. the machine to the table comprise arms 99 extending from the frame and adapted to rest on top of the table, and clampin screws 98 adapted to engage the under slde of the table. These arms and screws are properly disposed relative to the frame to give the latter the desired inclination.

Owing to the formation of an orange 1t is not practical to support it on a fork as can be done with a fruit which is solid throughout. Accordingly I propose to hold the orange between two holders which are adapted to engage the orange at diametrically opposite points. These holders are constructed with holding faces that embed themselves in the peel of the orange sufliciently to hold the orange firmly when it is acted on bv the knife and to cause the orange to rotate when the holders are rotated. Since the orange is sustained at two diametrically opposite points by the two holders, I propose to rotate both of the holders positively, thus eliminating as far as possible all danger of either holder slipping on the orange. The holders are designated by 6 and 7 respectively and they are provided with the comparatively short blades or teeth 8 which are adapted to be embedded into the peel of the orange. The holder 7 is fast on a shaft 9 which is supported in the frame 3 and said shaft is rotated from a driving gear 10 that is shown as provided with a handle 11 for operating it, said driving gear meshing with a pinion the holder 7 so that oranges of different sizes may be sustained between the holders.

For this purpose the holder is carried by a separated bearings 14, said bearings being shown as rigidly connected by the yoke 15. The shaft 13 can be moved longitudinally shaft 13 which is slidably mounted in two in the bearings 14 toward and from the shaft 9,. and said shaft 13 is held in its adjusted position by means of a pawl 18 engaging any one of a plurality of notches 19 formed in the shaft 13. The pawl 18 is shown as pivotally sustained by a hub 16 surrounding the shaft 13 and confined begtween thebea'rings 14, said pawl having a thumb piece 20 situated so that by depressis adjustably sustained bya head 27 that I ing the thumb piece the nose of the pawl is lifted out of enga ement with the notches 19 to permit the s aft 13 to be adjusted longitudinally; Said pawlis acted on by a spring 21 which tends to hold it in engagement with the shaft 13. The end-of the shaft is provided with a head 22 by means of whichvthe shaft may be adjusted longitndinally. The shaft 13' is rotated positively in unison with the shaft 9 and one way of accomplishing this is that shown in the drawings wherein said shaft 13 has splined thereto'a pinion 17 that meshes with and isdriven by an idler 23 which in turn mes'heswith and is driven by a pinion 24 fast on a shaft 25." The shaft 25 extends the length of the frame and has thereon a pinion 26 that meshes with and is driven by the driving gear 10. The relative size of the pinions- 25 24 and 17 is such that the shaft 13 will rotate in unison .with the shaft 9, both'shafts being driven from the driving gear 10. The'pinion 17 may conveniently be rigid .with the hub 16 although this-is not. 25

essential to the-invention.

In placing an orange in the machine the pawl 18 is dise aged from the notches 1 9 andthe shaft 13 is withdrawn sufficiently to permit the orange to be placed between the two holders 6'and 7. Theshaft 13 is then pushed forwardl sufiiciently to bring the holders against 'e orange and to. cause the teeth or blades 8. to be embedded in the from the orange orange peel, as shown in Fig. 3, wherein the orange is illustrated in dottedlines, The pawl 18- holds the shaft '13 in this position and the mechanism; above described will causethe two shafts to rotate in unison.

' While the orange thusheld and rotated by the holder it is acted on by the paring knife which operates to cut a thin paring The paring lmife is mounted to move both longitudinally of the axis of the shafts ,9 and 13 and toward and from said axis so that it will adapt itself to the shape of the orange during the paring operation.

I In the preferredembodiment'of my inventionthe knife is provided with a substantially U-shaped cutting blade 28 which .in turnis carried by a stem 29. The cutting edge 313 of the cutting blade projects slightly I be ond the side face 32 of the head, said si e face formmg' in'eif t a gage which determines the thickness if the p .said

thickness being determined by the distance whichthe cutting edge 31 projects beyond the face-32. Provision is made for adjusting the blade relative to the head thereby to .vary the thickness of .the paring and this is accomplished herein .by the blade to a holder 30 and justable on the head. Sai holder is shown as provided with a slot 36 through whicha I; the holder ad clamping 'screw 37 extends, said screw hay screw-threaded engagement with the .holder is e ected' by means of'an adjusting screw 38 which is shown as having screwthreaded engagement with alug 39 formed is provided with a groove 40 that is embraced by a fork 41 carried by the holder.

direction the holder will be adjusted on the head, thus varying the distance between the aard face 32 and the cutting edge of the a e. ,42 that ismounted to move in a direction parallel with the axis of the shafts 9, 13.

on ajrod 43 which extends the length of the turning movement on the rod. The carriage is given its longitudinal movement by means of a feed screw 44 which is adapted to en-' age a nut 45 by the carriage.- The feed screw preferably operated by {the formed onthe shaft 25 that supports the gears 24, 26, although this is not essential. The nut 45 does not completely. surround the shaft 44 but merely has engagement with one'side of the'shaft, as plainly seen in Fig. 4. Said .nut is normally held in enrock slid: 52-which is mounted in in the frame. A spring 53 which encircles projection 97 extending from the rock'shaft serves to limit the movement of the knife toward the axis of the shafts 9 and 13.

hold in' g device 17, as-seen in 3.. the orange is propel-l sustained y the holdthe or'an time f thus bringing one side of the blade against on the head 27 and the head of which screw When the adj usting screw is turned in either- The knife is sustained by a carriage This carriage is shown as slidably sustained head 27 and thus serving to clamp the holder 7 in adjusted 1 iposition. The adjustment of the frame, said carriage also being capable of s5 driving gear 10 and it may conveniently be A gagementwith the-shaft b means of a latch '46 which ispivoted to e carriage at 47 and thenose of which hooksover' the 1ongi-' providin said stem at its lower end with a the rock shaft tends normally to kee the knife in yieldingcontact with the late A When an orange is placed in-the machine the knife will be situatedtoward-the right 'of the machine in 1 or oppositgftzh;

ers the rotation oft e handle 11 will cause V to rotate andewill at the same the carriage 42 to the left Fig. 1,'

the orange, as seen inFig. '3. As the carriage continues its movement toward the left the knife yields backwardly as it passes over the part of the orangeof largest diameter andthen swings forwardlyv again as it completes the paring of the orange. It will be noted that the knife does not turn about its vertical axis to present the same part of the cutting edge at all times to the orange, but

that when the knife-first engages the orange the paring is done by one side of the blade,

as seenin Fig. 3, and as the knife-passes around the part of the orange of largest diameter the paring is done by the point of the blade, while during the completion of the paring operation the paring is done by the other side of the blade from thatwhich is shown in engagement with the orange in Fig. 3.

My invention also contemplates means for automatically returning the knife to its initial position when the orange has been com- 'pletely pared. This is done in the present embodiment 'by automatically disengaging the nut from the screw 44 and moving the carriage backwardly to the right Fig. l by means of a spring. Said spring is shown at 60 and it is a coiled spring wound about a fixed stud 61 sustained by the frame and having one end fixed to. the stud as at 62. The other end of the spring is connected toa pulley 63 that is loosely mounted on the stud and said pulley has connected thereto one end of a cord 64, the other end of which is connected tothecarriage 42, as at 65. .As the carriage is moved to the left Fig. 1 the cord is unwound fromthe pulley 63 and the rotation of the latter winds up the spring 60. When the carriage has completed its movement to the left and the orange is completely pared the nut 45 is disengaged from the screw 44'and the spring '60 by its resiliency serves to wind up the cord 64 on the pulley 63 and thus return the carriage to its initial position. For automatically disengaging the nut 45 from the screw 44 I have provided a throw-out cam 7 O, see-Fig. 8, which is fast on the bar 48 and which is situated to be engaged by the nose of the latch 46 when the latter has completed its movement to the left Fig. 1'. The

return movement of. the carriage is a com-' paratively quick one and it is desirablethat durin such return :.'movement the knife shoul beswung backwardly far enough so that-it will not strike the orange, for otherwise it would be likelyto knock the orange outfrom between the holders. 'My invention, therefore, contemplates means constructed to swing the knife backwardly dur;

ing the return movement. The means herein shownfor accomplishing this com-v prises a plate pivoted to the frame at 81 and'carrying onits face a plurality .of inclined ribs 82, and a pin or projection 83 ex-,

tending from the carriage 42 a suflicient dis- The ribs 82 have tance to engage the ribs.

the inclined faces 84 and the straight faces 85. When the carriage moves to the left Figs. 1 and 5 the projection 83 engages the inclined faces 84 of the ribs and merely forces the plate 80 back sufliciently to allow the I pin 83 .to pass. When the carriage moves to the right, however,; the pin or projection 83 engages the square face of one of the ribs and owing to the inclined position of the rib said pin rides up the square face and thus swings the carriage back into the dotted line position Fig. 4, thus carrying the knife out of engagement with the orange. The backward movement of the knife carriage is a rapid one and as a result when the pin has engaged any of the ribs 82 and the carriage has been thrown backwardly, said carriage will be returned to its initial position before it has time to again swing forwardly. Consequently onev rib 82 would answer the purpose desired,

but I prefer to'employ a plurallty ofribs so I When the knife has been returned to its initial position it is necessary that the carriage should be swung forwardly again into a position to permit the latch to be reengaged with the bar 48. My invention, therefore, includes a device for automatically swinging the carriage forward again after its return to its-initial position thereby bringing the latch 46 into engagement with the bar 48. This is done herein by the positioning device 88 which has the cam edge 89 and is situated to be engaged by the portion 90 of the carriage as the "latter completes its rearward movement. The engagementof the carriage with the cam edge throws the carriage forward again to cause the latch to reengage the bar 48 as will be obvious. The positionin device 88 is pref- .erably made slightly resllient so thatthere will be no danger of breaking any of the parts by the impact of the carriage against said positioning device. The latch 46 can be disengaged from the bar 48 manually at any point during the travelof the carriage by simply depressing the thumb piece 49 as will be plainly seen from Fig. 4.

In paring an orange it is simply necessary to insert the orange between the holders as above described and then to operate the When 'gear by means of the crank 11.

Letters Patent is 1'. ,Ina fruit parer,the combination with a frame having means to sustain andjrotate fruit, of-a rod sustained by the frame, .a knife carriage slidably mounted on said rod, a paring knife on'fsaid carriage, a feed screw for movinghthe carriage forward, automatic means to connect the carriage from the feed screw at the end ofits forward stroke,

a spring to return the carriage to its initial position, meanstoturn the carriage on the rod during its backward movement so as to carry the knife out of the way of the fruit, and a positioning device situated to be I engaged by the carriage as it completes its backward movement and adapted-to throw the carriage bodily forward into engagement with the eed screw; 7

2. In afruit parer, the combination with a frame Having means thereon to sustain and rotate' fruit, of a rod extending longitudinally of the frame, a knife carriage mounted to slide on the rod and also mounted to turn 'thereabout, a-knife sustained by said carriage, ascrewfor moving the carriage, the

welght of the carriage tending normally to,

swing it a direction to be disengaged from the screw, means to hold the carriage in engagement with the screw, means rendered operative by the forward movement of the carriage to release said holding means be automatically. disconnected from t e screw, a spring to rewhereby the carriaturn the carriage to its initial position when p it is disengagedfrom the screw, and a posi-- ..tioning device situated to be engaged by the V to ' matically' into engagement with the screw carriage. as the latter returns to its initial position thereby to throw the carriage autoagaln.

" 3. In a fruit pare r, the combination" with means to and rotate fruit, of a knife carria e afparing' knife 1 sustained gthereby .a" feed sbreiv for'feeding the carriage for:

"lwa'fd, falatch pivoted to the carriage and adapted .to hold said" carriage Y in engage;

f'ment' the feed screw, automatic 1 to ml'ease, latch,'.anda spring to return j' te 'itsinitial position when the latch ,saidglatchhaving one end formed to constitute a thumb-piece by which" the latch can .be manually.

f. In a fruit parer, "the combination with a frame, of a feed screw thereon, means to sustain and rotate fruit, a knife carriage slidably mounted on the frame, a latchsus tained by the carriage and engaging the frame for holding the carriage in operative engagement with the feed screw, means to automatically disengage the latch at the end of the forward movement of the carriage, a spring to return said carriage to its initial position, and means acting to positively throw the carriage backward during its re-- turn movement whereby the knife will be 7 carried out of the way of the fruit. 5. In a fruit parer, the combination with a frame having, means to sustain'and rotatefruit, of a lmife carriage slidably mounted on the frame and having a projectlon extending laterally therefrom, I a. kmfe sustained by the carriage, a feed screw for feedj ing the carriage forward, means to disengage the carriage from the feed screw .at the end of its feeding movement, a sprmg to 'return the carriage to its initial position,

and an inclined cam rib situated to be en+ gaged by. said projection during the return movement of the carriage thereby to throw the carriage'positively back out of the way of the fruit. 6. In a fruit parer, the combination with means to sustain and rotate fruit,;'of aknife" carriage havinga ro ection exten laterria'ge, a feed screw for, feeding the carriage forward, a spring to return the carriage to its initial position, and a yieldable plate hav-' ing an upwardly-inclined rib situated to be ally therefrom, a fe sustained by e car engaged by 'saidprojection during the movement of the-carriage whereby the knife is thrownback outof the way-of'the fruit.

7. In a fruit parer, the combination with means to sustain and rotate fruit, ofa knife carriage having a projection extending laterally therefrom, a knifeysustained by the carriage, a feed screw for feeding the car- 1 riage forward, aspr' to return the carriage to its initial position, and a pivoted v plate having a pluralityof upwardly-inclined 'ribs situated, tobe engaged by said projecti.'0n during the return movement of the carriage whereby: the knife is thrown back out of the way of the fruit.

' 8. In a fruit parer, the combination with ineansto sustain and'rotate. fruit, of .a knife carriage, a knife sustained thereby, a'feed screwitoifeed the knifecarriage forward,

.means to hold the carriage in engagement with the feedscrew, means rendered *oper:

.ative automatically at the. end of the forward stroke to-release said holding means,

means to return said carriage to its position, means rendered operative by the backward movement of the carriage to throw 7 the latter away from the :fruit during silch movement, and a positioning device situated to be engaged by the carriage during. its res turn movement and adapted to move the carriage forwardly into engagement with the feed screw.

9. In a fruit parer,'the combination with two axially-alined shafts, of a holding device v ustained by each shaft, one of said shafts being adjustable longitudinally toward and from the other, a yoke-shaped bearing for said sha ft, a locking device sustained by the shaft between the arms of the bearing for preventing backward movement of said shaft, means to rotate both shafts, a knife carriage, and a knife thereon.

10. in a fruit purer. the combination with two axially-alinial shafts, of a fruit-holding device sustained by each shaft. means to rotate both shafts, one of said'shafts being adjustable longitudinally toward and from the other, a yoke-shaped bearing for said shaft, a sleeve splined to the shaft. and situated between the arms of the bearing, and a locking pawl carried by said sleeve and adapted to engage notches in the shaft whereby said shaftis locked against backward movement while being permitted to freely rotate.

11. In a'fruitpal-er, the combination with two axially-alined shafts, of a fruit-holding device sustained by each shaft, one of said shafts being adjustable longitudinally t0- ward and from the other, a driving gear splined to said latter shaft, means to rotate said gear, and means to lock the shaft against backward movement While permitting it to rotate freely.

l 12. In a fruit parer, the combination with two axially-aimed shafts each having a fruit-holding device thereon, of bearings for each shaft, one of said shafts being adjnstable longitudinally toward and from the other in its bearings, means to rotate said shafts in unison, a paring knife, and a locking device to lock the adjustable shaft ings while permitting it to rotate freely.

13L A knife for a fruit parer comprising a head having a U-shaped gaging face and a tla p top, a holder resting on the flat top and "provided with a forked lug, an adjusting screw journaled in said lug and having screwthreaded engagement with the head whereby the holder may be adjusted, and a U -shaped cutting blade carried by said holder.

ll. A knife for a fruit parer comprising a head having a U-shaped gaging face, a holder separate from said head and movably mounted thereon, a Ushaped blade carried by the holder, and an adjusting screw journaled in the holder and screw-threaded into the head, said holder being slotted, and a guide pin carried by the head and extending through the slot in the holder.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED G. MOWER. \Vitnesses F. JENNIE RALCII, HENRY A. HURLIN.

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name to this specification, in the presence 

